The Boys and Girls Club of Kentuckiana, the Humana Foundation, nonprofit organization KaBoom, and volunteers joined forces to build the more than 2,500-square-foot playground in an old-fashioned barn raising.

The club, which recently reopened, didn’t previously have a playground.

“The kids are very excited. They do not believe it's going to happen in one day,” said Jennifer Helgeson with the Boys and Girls Club of Kentuckiana.

KaBoom held design meetings with children and adults to decide on a layout for the playground.

They prepared the site on Saturday and Tuesday's construction was only set to take about six hours.

The new space will provide the children with an age-appropriate area to play, as well as a community garden to encourage a healthy diet.

“Every child should have the opportunity to play and be active, so having the opportunity to have the state-of-the-art playground right now in the middle of Parkland is wonderful,” Mayor Greg Fischer said.

KaBoom has now built nearly 2,200 playgrounds. Its goal is to "save the play."

“It's the kind of thing we're excited about, which is helping people achieve lifelong well-being, get fit, get outside and get moving,” said Mike McCallister with Humana.

Funded primarily by the Humana Foundation, the customized playground is the culmination of ideas from the kids who will use it and community leaders, young and old.

“One of the really unique things about this build is that kids participated. They were able to draw what they wanted to see in a playground and that's what we're going to see here this afternoon,” Helgeson said.

The kickoff ceremony began at 8:30 a.m., and the project is expected to be completed with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 4 p.m.

Images: Groups work together to build Parkland Playground in 1 day

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